A collider observable QCD axion

Dimopoulos, Savas; Hook, Anson; Huang, Junwu; Marques-Tavares, Gustavo

doi:10.1007/JHEP11(2016)052

Title: A collider observable QCD axion

Abstract

Here, we present a model where the QCD axion is at the TeV scale and visible at a collider via its decays. Conformal dynamics and strong CP considerations account for the axion coupling strongly enough to the standard model to be produced as well as the coincidence between the weak scale and the axion mass. The model predicts additional pseudoscalar color octets whose properties are completely determined by the axion properties rendering the theory testable.

Authors:

Dimopoulos, Savas ^[1]; Hook, Anson ^[1]; Huang, Junwu ^[1]; Marques-Tavares, Gustavo ^[1]

Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States)

Publication Date:: Wed Nov 09 00:00:00 EST 2016

Research Org.:: Stanford Univ., CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

OSTI Identifier:: 1360133

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012012

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online); Journal Volume: 2016; Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 1029-8479

Publisher:: Springer Berlin

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; beyond standard model; CP violation

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                    Dimopoulos, Savas, Hook, Anson, Huang, Junwu, and Marques-Tavares, Gustavo. A collider observable QCD axion.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
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                    Dimopoulos, Savas, Hook, Anson, Huang, Junwu, & Marques-Tavares, Gustavo. A collider observable QCD axion.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2016)052

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                    Dimopoulos, Savas, Hook, Anson, Huang, Junwu, and Marques-Tavares, Gustavo. Wed .  
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  title        = {A collider observable QCD axion},

  author       = {Dimopoulos, Savas and Hook, Anson and Huang, Junwu and Marques-Tavares, Gustavo},

  abstractNote = {Here, we present a model where the QCD axion is at the TeV scale and visible at a collider via its decays. Conformal dynamics and strong CP considerations account for the axion coupling strongly enough to the standard model to be produced as well as the coincidence between the weak scale and the axion mass. The model predicts additional pseudoscalar color octets whose properties are completely determined by the axion properties rendering the theory testable.},

  doi          = {10.1007/JHEP11(2016)052},

  journal      = {Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)},

  number       = 11,

  volume       = 2016,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Wed Nov 09 00:00:00 EST 2016},

  month        = {Wed Nov 09 00:00:00 EST 2016}

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CP Conservation in the Presence of Pseudoparticles journal, June 1977

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Problem of Strong P and T Invariance in the Presence of Instantons journal, January 1978

A solution of the strong CP problem in models with scalars journal, July 1979

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